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Main Authors: Benjamini, Itai, Tessera, Romain
Format: Preprint
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.02449
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author Benjamini, Itai
Tessera, Romain
author_facet Benjamini, Itai
Tessera, Romain
contents Given an infinite connected graph, a way to randomly perturb its metric is to assign random i.i.d. lengths to the edges. An open question attributed to Furstenberg is whether there exists a two-sided infinite geodesic in first passage percolation on Z^2, and more generally on Z^n for n>1. Although the answer is generally conjectured to be negative, we give a positive answer for graphs satisfying some negative curvature assumption. Assuming only strict positivity and finite exponential moment for the random lengths, we prove that if a graph X has bounded degree and contains a Morse geodesic (e.g. is non-elementary Gromov hyperbolic), then almost surely, there exists a bi-infinite geodesic in first passage percolation on X.
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spellingShingle First Passage percolation on a hyperbolic graph admits bi-infinite geodesics
Benjamini, Itai
Tessera, Romain
Probability
82B43, 51F99, 97K50
Given an infinite connected graph, a way to randomly perturb its metric is to assign random i.i.d. lengths to the edges. An open question attributed to Furstenberg is whether there exists a two-sided infinite geodesic in first passage percolation on Z^2, and more generally on Z^n for n>1. Although the answer is generally conjectured to be negative, we give a positive answer for graphs satisfying some negative curvature assumption. Assuming only strict positivity and finite exponential moment for the random lengths, we prove that if a graph X has bounded degree and contains a Morse geodesic (e.g. is non-elementary Gromov hyperbolic), then almost surely, there exists a bi-infinite geodesic in first passage percolation on X.
title First Passage percolation on a hyperbolic graph admits bi-infinite geodesics
topic Probability
82B43, 51F99, 97K50
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.02449